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Old 11-02-2017, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by shepga
Ronnie,
Speaking of "low rpm thrust" I believe you had a 160 in yours, how much power did you carry on final ? Also did you have crow set up, if so how much?
Yes, I had an upgraded merlin 160 in mine that was putting out 40 lbs and some change according to the turbine test stand, and I had NO problems getting the plane to slow down. To be honest I tried a couple different crow settings, at one point I had 3/4 of an inch,, That was too much, the plane stayed level and came in nose high, but that killed a ton of lift and would stall the airplane right before I am used to touching down. I ended up going back to 3/8 of an inch crow. I also ended up backing my main flaps off as well, initially I had them at almost 90 degrees, which was more than needed.
My landings were always the same, half flap gear pass, drop full flaps after completing the downleg turn a little under half stick, enter the final turn about treetop high at about 25% power, and after exiting turn pull stick to idle and float the plane it, letting it come down and then flare, Plane landed nice and slow with the nose up, perfect for me every time, would touch down on mains, and then carry the front wheel about 10-15 ft. I always have my throttle setups on Linear so half throttle is half power.
Another thing I will mention is this, played with the CG to get it where I like flying,, A buddy of mine with a T1 has the Xicoy scales and we put mine on it to see what my CG was compared to his,, My CG came out at 262, compared to his 240.
As far as what happened to mine, I had probably close to 60 flights on it during the time I had it, I was at my home field, and was doing a WOT pass, as the plane passed in front of us abouve the runway, my spotter(another T1 owner) , I and another member seen the canopy and/or hatch hatch lift up, the engine flamed out, I kept it straight and made my turn but bled off a little too much speed on my turn back, I could not make it back to the runway so I kept the gear up and set it down in the grass, it was nice and straight I did have a tail wind, but the plane had slowed down pretty good, right before touching I lifted the nose, hopping it would not dig in to the grass, we all thought the landing was fine, got to the plane, looked and and seen NO damage while sitting there, The hatch was popped up, and the canopy was was not in place, but not a scratch on it, but when I got the jet back to the pitts and looked at the underside the whole rear bottom of the thin fuse aft of the rear main former had cracked and split, the main rear former also cracked in 3 places where the cooling notches are, there is not a whole lot of wood there, and that former its pretty thin. Could not believe that much damage was done from that touchdown in the grass, must have been a little harder on the tail than it looked. I really like the way the T1 took off/flew/and landed and my paintjob was as close to Flawless as they can get., I admit I was pretty definitely hard on the plane, after an event in east Texas We had to PRY the wings off. But After the Flameout damage, I sold the plane to my buddy, he had lost his in AZ, So he fixed mine up an has been flying it for a little while now with no issues, he is very easy on the plane compared to the way I flew it.
I ended up getting another comp arf jet, a lightning, more my type of sports jet.

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Old 11-02-2017, 05:31 PM
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Wow, thanks for the info. Hope to bring my T-1 down to WACO next year.
Old 11-02-2017, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by shepga
Wow, thanks for the info. Hope to bring my T-1 down to WACO next year.
say when,!!!!
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Old 11-02-2017, 08:06 PM
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My cg is set at 260, flaps is almost 90 degrees with almost 1/4 crow. But it makes sense with K100 with almost half throttle is not producing enough power to tip stall especially being so draggy on landing approach. I think I will reduce the flap and maybe even take the crow out, and see what happens. Also prior to my T1 I experianced same exact thing on my turbinator Thank you for all the useful info
Old 11-06-2017, 07:25 AM
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About the order the turbine for mine, anybody running K160 with the v3 pipe? Problem's????

I'm debating between the K140 or 160....

A K140G2 on the way...

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Old 11-06-2017, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Dansy
About the order the turbine for mine, anybody running K160 with the v3 pipe? Problem's????

I'm debating between the K140 or 160....
I've had a 140 with the V3 pipe going on a year You should be fine with a 160 and the V3 pipe
Old 11-06-2017, 11:32 AM
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Thanks
Old 11-29-2017, 01:36 PM
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Need help with a braking issue. I have electric brakes, electric retracts, a JP V-1 landing gear controller and use a 2s 2600 LiPo to power them. The retracts work perfectly and I love their scale speed but I'm seeing very little braking action and no obvious way to adjust them to get more. If you had the same problem or know how to increase the braking action of these electric brakes, please respond. The T-One is an awesome airplane but I'm tired of running off the end of the runway!
Old 11-29-2017, 02:05 PM
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I'm putting mine together, and I can lock the brakes no problems, I have reduced the travel to 40% so they won't lock up.... I have them on a slider (jeti dc-24)

What radio are you using?
Old 11-29-2017, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Dansy
I'm putting mine together, and I can lock the brakes no problems, I have reduced the travel to 40% so they won't lock up.... I have them on a slider (jeti dc-24)

What radio are you using?
I have the brakes on the bind button on my DX18.
Old 12-03-2017, 01:09 PM
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No familiar with spectrum...hopefully somebody will answer you.
Old 12-03-2017, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by dontop
I have the brakes on the bind button on my DX18.
To be honest with you I am on my second DX18, and most of us use one of sliders on the TX for brakes, most of us use the right one, it is a proportional switch, allowing you to set your total travel points via the servo travel menu, and allows you to slide the lever as you brake to the amount you feel you need at the time. I believe the bind button is simply a ON OFF command switch, You can set that servos endpoints and activate that channel by assigning that function to the bind switch, but how much will be a matter of hit/miss until you get it where you want. Personally I have it on my right slider, I have mine setup where when I push the slider all the way up I have full braking power, which will actually LOCK the wheels up on my jets. But my normal routine is land the jet and apply half slider which is still plenty for me. If I ever have to force a landing where I come in too hot or too deep, I can apply full brakes which will lock the wheels and stop it faster. I would rather flat spot my tires than run off the runway,,
I am very proficient in using the DX-18 if you have any questions feel free to contact me and I will do what I can to help you get it set up the way you are comfortable with.
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Old 12-05-2017, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by raron455
To be honest with you I am on my second DX18, and most of us use one of sliders on the TX for brakes, most of us use the right one, it is a proportional switch, allowing you to set your total travel points via the servo travel menu, and allows you to slide the lever as you brake to the amount you feel you need at the time. I believe the bind button is simply a ON OFF command switch, You can set that servos endpoints and activate that channel by assigning that function to the bind switch, but how much will be a matter of hit/miss until you get it where you want. Personally I have it on my right slider, I have mine setup where when I push the slider all the way up I have full braking power, which will actually LOCK the wheels up on my jets. But my normal routine is land the jet and apply half slider which is still plenty for me. If I ever have to force a landing where I come in too hot or too deep, I can apply full brakes which will lock the wheels and stop it faster. I would rather flat spot my tires than run off the runway,,
I am very proficient in using the DX-18 if you have any questions feel free to contact me and I will do what I can to help you get it set up the way you are comfortable with.
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Good info. Based on a suggestion I received from a member of the Facebook T-One group, I changed the travel to +/- 125%. That greatly increased the stopping power and yes it does lock up the brakes. Moving the brakes from the bind button to a proportional slider switch sounds like a better solution. Thanks for the offer of help. I appreciate it.
Old 12-24-2017, 07:06 AM
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Hello everyone,
I am really interested in this wonderful bird.

However, do you think that an ACE 120 turbine is enough to take off a grass track 100 meters long?

I have not yet buy the turbine so I want to be sure not to go wrong.
Thank you for your answers.
Merry Christmas
Old 12-24-2017, 08:50 AM
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Bigger is always better, I have a K-160G2 in mine.
Old 12-24-2017, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by synergy41
Hello everyone,
I am really interested in this wonderful bird.

However, do you think that an ACE 120 turbine is enough to take off a grass track 100 meters long?

I have not yet buy the turbine so I want to be sure not to go wrong.
Thank you for your answers.
Merry Christmas

yes if it's making good power....

got a friend using a K100 in a T1 off grass with success.
Old 01-16-2018, 03:40 PM
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Ya hooooo . My T-1 is in the house.
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T-One at a Northern Nevada dry lake....K-140 G2 at 4600'
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Old 01-23-2018, 02:56 PM
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Look what showed up yesterday!!! A super big thank you to the folks over at Pacific RC Jets for providing excellent customer service, and a very fine product! The fit and finish are top notch, the color and paint are outta control! Thank you so much to Dirk and Barry, and anyone else I'm forgetting to mention! The wait is sure worth it!!!! this thing was packed super well, took a while to unpack everything, not one scratch!!! I got the electric gear and will be installing a Jetcat 140RXi
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The purple Monster color scheme is AWESOME!! The paint job is far out!!
Old 01-28-2018, 03:36 PM
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Does anyone have a set of trailing link main struts for the T-One they are willing to sell?
Old 01-28-2018, 06:58 PM
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Old 01-29-2018, 12:31 PM
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Thanks Jeff!
Old 01-30-2018, 06:01 PM
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I would love to get one but it’s almost impossible. Everyone wants full price and I have to wait. I am hoping at Florida Jets they have some for sale.
Old 01-30-2018, 09:55 PM
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Everyone pays full price. The price is so reasonable they don't give a discount. The T-one factory is shipping product to customers all the time, not impossible to get one at all. If you really want one give Dirk a call and get you one ordered. Well worth the wait and you will really enjoy the performance of the T-1

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